Shingsan (Sam, å‘¨çœ�ä¸‰) Chou

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Shingsan Chou Obituary

Published by Sneider & Sullivan & O’Connell’s Funeral Home and Cremation Service on Jun. 1, 2019.

Shingsan was born on February 7 in Changhua, Taiwan and enjoyed living in Cupertino, California for more than forty years with his wife and two daughters. In his own words (from 2016): My life story is probably too straight forward and simple to be of much interest. But making a summary of life for myself and to share is likely meaningful. To summarize result of introspection I can say honestly that I have a content, happy, peaceful 75 years of life and don't mind repeating it if there is such a thing as reincarnation back to be Homo Sapiens. Back to reality, good life does not mean perfect, nor it means the reason is my character, strength or effort. All the positive things happen to me are external and shared by most of classmates: from escaping KMT tyranny to USA in social transition and change of immigration law and California license regulation. I end up settling down in Silicon Valley, practicing psychiatry for 40 years until recent retirement. Other than helping a segment psychiatric patients in need and earning more gratitude than realized before, I made no contribution to bigger social issues, ethnic concern, medical or psychiatric science. It can be summarizes by the fact that my curriculum vitae in the past 30 years consists of one single page rather than in volumes in the case of many of our classmates. In term of internal life, I have summarize my self as "having broad knowledge without depth," "a skeptics but not a cynic," "a rebel without action," and "one who get along with everybody and has no enemy the entire life," "a hopeless atheist despite being open mindedness." In term of the essence of life story, I am healthy, disease free except for the modern concoction various "borderline" stuffs. I have loving and lovely family members including: wife, Mimi, a travel agent turn traveler, older daughter, an independent practicing lawyer in San Francisco, with a precious son, 6 years old. My younger daughter is a independent music composer specializing in entertainment, living in Los Angeles. My leisure include many trips as a typical tourist. My physical activities is mainly tennis in which I am never that good but lately degenerate into rallying 3 times for one and half hours per week. My backyard hobby include bonsai, koi and caged Canary, all have my due shares of glory and disaster. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to review, introspect and share my simple life. - Shingsan ("Sam") Chou, 2016 Written for Class of 1966 NTUMC 50 year reunion book

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June 10, 2019

Philip Su posted to the memorial.

June 7, 2019

Bernie Su posted to the memorial.

June 6, 2019

Ben Min Chu Benchu88@aol. com posted to the memorial.

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Philip Su

June 10, 2019

Dear Classmates: I will never forget Dr. Shing San Chou. We have a close relationship. We both lived in Staten Island when I was in Kings County Hospital under training for Neurology. I failed my Board examination since I could not do a good interview with a schizophrenia patient. and he could not pass the neurological examination. As a board certified Neurology and Psychiatry. we have to pass oral examination of psychiatry patient and He has to pass neurology patient examination. He spent one month with me in Kings County, following me seeing patients and he teaches me the skill of examining psychotic patients. With one month of teaching each other, we both were certified; I as Neurologist and he as Psychiatrist. He later moved to California doing private psychiatry practice and I remained in New York. I remember the first time I visit my two kids in Silicon Valley. He drove one hour to pick me up and drove to his community. We play tennis in his private club, show me his beautify hilltop house. I visit him three times after that. Last meeting was in 50 year reunion in Taiwan. Too bad he suffered debilitating stroke several years earlier. Nowadays, Stroke units are available in some major centers like UCLA, where interventional neuroradiolgist can put a catheter through the femoral artery and en route to the intracranail middle cerebral artery, pull out the thrombus that causing a stroke. His stroke outcome might be different.
We are close to 80 years old; life ending is expected but I miss Dr. Shing San Chou dearly.
May God bless him; rest comfortably in heaven

Bernie Su

June 7, 2019

Dear Sally and Millie,

I have endless precious memories of your Father and family. Whether it be travels around the world, dining on delicious food, or just a casual evening at one of our family homes, I treasure them all. I feel blessed to have been able to spend so much of my life near you all and I'm honored to have gotten to know your Father, he's given me so much great guidance and he raised two of the most talented and intelligent people I've ever met.
I know I wouldn't be where I am today without all of your love, advice, and support.

Forever family,

Ben Min Chu Benchu88@aol. com

June 6, 2019

Dear Millie and Sally:

You should be very proud that you have one of the best father in the world and he will be missed all the time. Please take good care of your mom!

Uncle Ben from Taipei Taiwan. 6/6/2019

Calvin Chu

June 6, 2019

Words may not suffice to express the heartfelt sorrow that I feel for the passing of our beloved uncle Sam. I remember he always liked to offer to make tea for me when I visited him and aunt Mimi in Cupertino and I always enjoyed the tea as well as the inspiring conversation with him.
The first time I met uncle Sam was when I was about 8 years old when he visited Taiwan with his whole family. All of the kids including my siblings and cousins in Taiwan were so excited to meet and play with our two adorable American cousins Millie and Sally the first time. My most unforgettable thing was that uncle Sam once asked me what I liked when we were shopping in a toys store in Taipei. He then bought me a ball that I have longed for. I was really surprised to receive such a gift from an uncle whom I first met and deeply impressed by his kindness, generosity and love to me.
In US, uncle Sam and aunt Mimi extended the same kindness and generosity offering me to stay in their vacation home in San Francisco every time when I went to S.F. for conference or business trips for many years. I will always remember my beloved uncle Sam and appreciate what he has done for me.

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Ben Chu

June 4, 2019

We love you, Uncle. I believe nothing is coincidence in our life. When my parents first moved to US and California, you showed your generosity and kind heart and let them stay with you for 2 years. Decades later, you extended this same kindness and generosity when I moved out to California and I was able to live with you and Aunt Mimi for 2 years also. You and Aunt Mimi have played such an important role in our lives and it was no coincidence and I'm grateful that God brought us together. I remember loving my visits to California as a child also and spending time with you and your beautiful family. Thank you for watching us grow up and thank you for loving us as your family. Forever grateful to you, Uncle. Always.

Ing Tai

June 2, 2019

Dear Millie,
...
Your father was in same middle school and high school for six years, and became a very close to each other.
We were very fond of each other, and often visited each other's family.

When we were at National Taiwan University, your father in medical school, I in college of humanities, we continued to do things together, often together with Mae's mother and another very close mutual friend of your father and me, Sherman Lin. Sherman was gone more than a decade ago, and now your father. In mid-September 1965, I was leaving for US for my graduate studies in linguistics at Indiana University, Your father, Mae's mother, and Dr. Sherman Lin came to say farewell at the Songshan airport in Taipei.

After your father came to practice in New York, we didn't have much contact due to our respective different careers.
Then we were able to get together occasionally in SF. I was so cheered when I learned you and Mae met each other at Berkley's law school.
December two years ago in Taipei, when I had dinner with your father and mother, he looked so healthy, but shortly after your family went back, he heard the bad news of his stroke.

Just a month ago, another classmate ours went to visit your father in the hospital, and he wrote back to me that your father had no sign of real recovery.
Though expected, but when the sad news came, I am still overwhelmed by the sad news and a lot of fond memories over the past 65 years flashed back since we were 13 years old.

Your father was a extremely intelligent and warm person, my friendship with him has enriched my existence and I always feel very much blessed to have his friendship.

My deepest condolence of the loss of your beloved father, but I do hope that you and your family can all restrain from the loss, and let the fond memory of him live in your memory as a treasure of life, as it will in my remaining life.

Mae's father